I’m not going to do a New Year’s post. I pretty much posted all that stuff with my Great Christmas Post of 2008, so no need for a duplicate post. Instead, I’m going to post a few pictures from around the house, since the last time anyone saw any pics of my house, we hadn’t moved in yet.
This is the space between our windows in the living room. That’s right, Mommy, we do indeed have 2 windows in the living room, hence the need for 2 SETS of panels. I had the prints that I picked up years ago with some old-fashioned postcard images, and they go pretty good here, don’t you think?
We had this mirror, which was hung vertically in the hallway at the old apartment. We haven’t been able to find a suitable place for it in our new home, until Mister and I both had a brainstorm at practically the same time. We hung it horizontally over the front door to create a transom window effect. Bonus: it reflects the light from that fixture back into the room.
This corner area by the stairs looked empty until we found the perfect piece to put here. A dried floral arrangement and hanging candle holder make an elegant vignette. For Christmas decorating, I removed the candle from the holder and filled the glass about halfway with small red and gold baubles.
I’ve always wanted to make my own Christmas cards, and this year I had a much larger card list than in years past. So, I decided to go for it. With the quantity that I had to send out, I picked out 4 stamps and set about making my cards, assembly-line style. Thanks to my huge lack of knowledge regarding stamping ink, I picked something that just never really seemed to dry, and some of the cards got smudged and left impressions from the wet ink. Still, I forged on and ended up with these cards that people seemed to love. I had fun making the cards, but I don’t think I’ll be doing it again because I don’t have copious amounts of time on my hands to try and figure this stuff out.
Remember the holiday meme I did last year? If you go down to Item #23, I mention my favorite ornament. This is the ornament. And guess what? My mommy sent it to me! It’s mine now, all mine! Thank you Mommy!
When Mister and I were in New England last fall, we spent a bit of time in downtown Newburyport, MA. Fall was in full swing, and as we were walking along doing some window shopping after dinner one night, we happened upon this scarecrow. How fitting for a town with such a deep maritime history!
Mister and had a late lunch today, and as we were eating a number of LVMPD’s traffic officers came in to eat. We saw their bikes lined up in the parking lot as we were leaving and thought it would make a good picture. It would have been a better picture with a real camera, not a cell phone. Anyway, these guys will have a very busy night ahead of them keeping the streets safe for everyone tonite!
So there you have it, some pictures that have been sitting on my camera for awhile. Enjoy, and have a very Happy New Year!
(which he loves!)
– I put the paperback version on my list, so as not to be ostentatious, but Mister knew better and got me this instead. It will look awesome on the bookshelf!
– I have the 1st edition of this book, which I got to write a paper in college. It is the absolute best dream analysis book I have ever seen, and this updated version contains 1000 more images than the original book.
– This is the 1st in a series of 4 books telling the story of a family from Sweden who emigrate to America. I do have the first book, which was a gift from a friend in Sweden. She thought it would be similar to my great-grandparent’s stories, since they also came from Sweden. When I finished reading it, I wanted the other 3, but the covers didn’t match the one I had, since it was purchased in Sweden and the others from Amazon. Now I have a nice matching set for my bookshelf, and of course the one from my friend still holds a special place on my bookshelf.
. I’ve been in need of new perfume for quite some time, so I have been strictly rationing what little I have left. Mister got this because he likes when I “smell like a girl.”
. This is the town I grew up in, and it has a really cool history. Now with this book I can have a little piece of home with me.
